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Lepidoptera > Noctuoidea > Erebidae > Arctiinae > Lithosiini > Nudariina > Chamaita

Chamaita nympha (Moore, [1887])

Chamaita nympha

Chamaita nympha
Chamaita nympha
Chamaita nympha
Chamaita nympha
Chamaita nympha
Chamaita nympha
Chamaita nympha
Chamaita nympha
Indian and global distribution:
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Adult moth observations that have been databased:
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Karnataka
Kerala
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Similiar species:
Chamaita Walker, 1862 species from India and Sri Lanka.
Chamaita neuropteroides Hampson, 1894. NE India. 
Chamaita nympha (Moore, [1887]). S. India; Sri Lanka.
References:
  1. OD: Homopsyche nympha Moore, [1887]. Lepid. Ceylon 3 (4): 536, pl. 211, f. 11; TL: Sri Lanka. Text at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey03moor/page/536/mode/1up?view=theater. Plate at https://archive.org/details/lepidopteraofcey03moor/page/n736/mode/1up?view=theater
  2. Chamaita nympha Moore in Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lep. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 2: 530, f. 384. Text at https://archive.org/details/catalogueoflepid2brituoft/page/530/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. Hampson, G. F. 1894. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 2. Taylor & Francis, London. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs. Pg. 126, #1494 & fig 81.
  4. Kirti, J.S. & N. Singh. 2015. Arctiid Moths of India. Vol. 1, pp 1-205. Nature Books of India, New Delhi. Pg. 108.
  5. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/425990-Chamaita-nympha



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Anonymous. 2022. Chamaita nympha (Moore, [1887]). In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/357966/Chamaita-nympha
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